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Chapter 152 Tractors Are More Reliable Than This
Knowing that they will be forced to march for two hours later, although the soldiers were a little depressed, their grievances were immediately dispelled by the news of "a good meal tonight".

The hundreds of miles of marching drills have made the Marine Regiment grow a lot, and the cooperation between the various units has also become more proficient.

However, for armored units, they are distressed, because some things cannot be avoided by proficiency.

As the sun went down, a motorcycle came buzzing from behind the team.

The car stopped next to the regiment headquarters, and the messenger with the orange-yellow aluminum round plate on his chest didn't get off. He just kicked off the motorcycle's kickstand with his heels, cupped his fists and said, "Report, sir, how many troops are there in the battle convoy one after another?" The car broke down, and I'm afraid it won't be able to keep up with the large army."

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Zhou Chang, who was drinking water, frowned when he heard the news. He screwed the lid on the kettle and wiped his mouth, "What's the situation? The establishment has disbanded?"

It is normal for armored vehicles on field marches to break down. It is not uncommon for several vehicles to break down at the same time. It is enough to repair them on the spot or call the armored rescue vehicle belonging to the unit to help.

But the main force of the unit can continue to perform tasks without delay.Can't continue at all?That means the unit is falling apart.

He picked up the binoculars hanging around his neck and looked to the west, but found that the chariot was no longer in sight.

"Go back and ask about the situation."

"Yes."

The signal soldier took the order, and then turned the front of the car and roared away.

Manpower transmission and telecommunications are indispensable, so Zhou Changfeng ordered again: "Send a report to inquire... no, use the intercom."

Although the ten trial-produced [-]-type radios allocated to the [-]st Marine Regiment had many congenital deficiencies, they were not concealed—voice communication was obviously more convenient for communication.

Fire a green flare and a yellow flare into the sky to remind the battle team to pay attention to the communication.

Later, after installing the whip antenna and tuning to the desired communication channel, the communication was quickly connected.

"Call 'Earth Dragon', please reply."

"'Earth Dragon' received, the communication is clear."

"What's the matter with you? All the chariots are broken down? Can't the organization keep up?" Zhou Changfeng asked calmly.

"Yes, Commander," Li Bin said in a helpless tone, "The mechanical time has almost reached its limit in the past few days. As soon as I was on my way today, I fell down one after another."

Motorcycle hours are called mechanical hours in the terminology of the Ming army, which refers to the working time of the vehicle and is used to calculate the operation, maintenance, repair period and fuel consumption of the vehicle.

"It's more than 300 miles, and it's really beyond the standard. It's hard for you, let's organize repairs, and take a good rest when we arrive in Wuxi."

"Yes."

Even according to the standards of the Soviet army during the Cold War, when a tank regiment marched on a good road of level two or above, the major failure rate of 100㎞ was less than 2%; when marching off-road on natural dirt roads, the major failure rate of 100㎞ should be 4% Within %.

Today's technology is naturally worse, less reliable, and less experienced.

Zhou Changfeng was mentally prepared for this. His original intention was to explore the limit of day-to-day marching of armored units without major repairs.

The grade of 150㎞ is more or less, if it can be improved a bit, it can be called excellent.

When the last rays of the setting sun dimmed, only a faint glow remained in the western sky.

As night falls, the crescent moon rises.

The exhausted Marine Regiment finally arrived at the scheduled training location in Wuxi Prefecture.

The state government that had received the telegram before naturally did not dare to be negligent, and the military room immediately organized people to buy all kinds of beef and mutton, and then shipped them over.

The cooking soldiers worked tirelessly and busily worked, and soon the fragrance wafted away for miles.

Ruoyouruuowu's meaty smell is the most attractive. Zhou Changfeng, who was riding all the way in the car, was relatively not tired, and was a little unbearably hooked, let alone the soldiers who were walking all the way.

According to his own habits, Zhou Changfeng personally led a few guards to patrol around the campsite, and immediately discovered something strange.

"What's over there? It's not marked on the map." He pointed to a house about a mile to the east and asked.

The Wuxi County military officer who came to perform the handover formalities clasped his hands and replied, "Return to the commander, there is a newly built school over there, which opened only last year."

"What middle school?"

"State Fourth Practice Middle School."

The training place was actually arranged next to the school?

Zhou Changfeng called it outrageous, although he also knew that it was because of the convenience of transportation, because there is a road next to this place, extending in all directions.

After finishing the inspection, he summoned all the officers of the regiment and above, looked around, and said solemnly:
"The school is right here, and our station is one mile away from there. We must pay attention."

"Zhao Hanfeng, you have marked out the warning zone in the training area, and each team must repeatedly emphasize discipline after returning."

"You can't be sloppy, you can't act recklessly, and those who violate the regulations will start with thirty army sticks, and we will never tolerate it!"

After a while, when the hungry officers and soldiers began to enjoy a delicious dinner, on the way more than [-] kilometers away...

In addition to the team headquarters and the three tank platoons, the floating chariot convoy also has a maintenance kit and a luggage kit. In terms of units, it is slightly larger than the class and slightly smaller than the platoon.

The maintenance equipment is equipped with 2 eight-wheel heavy trucks, 3 six-wheel light trucks, 1 off-road vehicle, and 2 motorcycles. It is no problem to deal with failures under normal circumstances, but large-scale failures in such a short period of time will overwhelm them all at once. .

It was okay a few days ago, and there were some failures in one day, but today, 18 of the 11 amphibious tanks broke down one after another.

More than [-] people were so tired that their backs ached, and they were overhauling with the assistance of searchlights.

"Report! Officer Yao is here!"

Yao Liangchuan came here to find out what happened when he had nothing to do, and drove back after dinner.

There was a broken down tank hundreds or even thousands of meters away on the road. Such a scene gave him an indescribably strange feeling.

Now is the spring plowing season, and some hard-working farmers who have worked until dark are returning home. They pass by on tractors or bullock carts, looking curiously at the lying tanks next to them.

This made Yao Liangchuan's face darken by two points - are their tractors more reliable than yours?

When Li Bin was found, he was personally in charge of repairing a tank.

"Go get the spare parts, don't dawdle! Uh... why are you here, Commander Yao?" Seeing that the supervising army came in person, he hurriedly cupped his fists to salute.

"Are the dozen or so iron objects under your command really useless? Most of them are lying on the ground, and they are not as good as the tractors of the common people. They are still driving on the ground. If they are submerged in water, they will sink half of them." He said. , Yao Liangchuan looked at a corporal who was holding a wrench, and the oil on his body gleamed from the light.

Li Binchang sighed, drooped his head, and replied with aggrievedness and helplessness: "Sir, today is the limit. This one has been repaired and the other one has been repaired. Chariots are not suitable for long-distance marches alone. The head of the regiment said it, but he didn’t listen, saying he wanted to try it to the end.”

(End of this chapter)